Archive for March, 2008
« Previous EntriesCarbon Nanotubes Used to Improve <b>Fuel Cells</b>
Monday, March 31st, 2008A group of scientists has created a new, improved fuel-cell electrode that is very lightweight and thin. Composed of a network of single-walled carbon nanotubes, the electrode functions nearly as well as conventional electrodes but …
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California Regulators Charge Ahead With Plug-In Hybrids (The Car Connection)
Monday, March 31st, 2008The powerful California Air Resources Board has given a new push to plug-in electric cars while deliberately spurning more exotic technology such as pure electric vehicles and vehicles powered by fuel cells. Under new rules adopted last week, CARB will require automakers to sell 7,500 pure electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in California by 2014, […]
Aiming to put fuel cells to work (Boston Globe)
Monday, March 31st, 2008A powerful winter storm swept across northeastern Ohio in early January, knocking out power for nearly 60,000 customers. But in an isolated one-story building, tucked among the trees and fields of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the lights stayed on.
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Silverado Green Fuel / Mississippi Commercial Plant Decision Timely to Meet Growing U.S. Demand for Domestic Energy … (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Monday, March 31st, 2008Silverado Green Fuel Inc. : - The U.S. military, eager to establish a high degree of energy self-sufficiency, has announced that it is considering coal-to-liquid fuel facilities to be built on their bases.
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Fuel cells fire up new investment for Spokane’s ReliOn (BizJournals)
Monday, March 31st, 2008A maker of hydrogen fuel cells — one of Washington’s growing roster of “clean technology” companies — has scored at least $17 million in new funding from investors, according to a state regulatory filing.
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Report from the NHA Conference: Post 1
Monday, March 31st, 2008Over the course of 3 hours, we discussed the role of early market opportunities as a means to ramp up the commercialization of fuel cells, with one of each of the seven tables giving concurrent talks to interested parties. …
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Alternative Energy? Are we there yet?
Sunday, March 30th, 2008Hydrogen and fuel cells. References are sometimes made as to using these for energy sources. Neither is a primary energy source. Hydrogen must be obtained by using some other energy source. Usually it is obtained by the electrolysis of …
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Fuel cells, sweaters may be the future of electricity (Seattle Times)
Sunday, March 30th, 2008Jimmy Carter, are you listening? Smarter use of electricity will help the U.S. economize on energy and reduce its carbon footprint, but…
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In the Lab: Carbon Sponge, Lighter <b>Fuel Cells</b>, Climate Apathy
Saturday, March 29th, 2008Nanotubes to Fuel Cell: Lighten Up: Because fuel cells are rather complex, there always seems to be another little innovation discovered that can help out the tech. Researchers at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research …
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Blogging from NHA 2008 and the EEI Spring Meeting
Saturday, March 29th, 2008NHA 2008 has the unique opportunity to spark dialogue between different players in the hydrogen marketplace, from the DOE to early commercial fuel cell producers to environmentalist groups and big name energy and auto companies. …
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